February 2007

Bodhisattvas massaging each other at the Temple of a Thousand Bodhisattvas, Daishoji, Ishikawa, Japan.

Emperor and Empress dolls on display for Hina Matsuri (Girls Festival).
March 2007
Ume (plum) blossoms at Kenrokuen, KAnazawa, the third most beautiful garden in Japan.
April 2007
A mendicant (begging) Buddhist monk outside of Kiyomizudera, Kyoto, Japan.
May 2007
Giant octopus kites at the Uchinada International Kite Festival.
A group of young Kabuki actresses saying thanks to the crowd at the Komatsu Children’s Kabuki Festival.
June 2007
Some high school sumo wrestlers fight it out on Sunday at the Kanazawa High School Sumo Tournament.
July 2007
An artist creates a Nanga ink painting at the Tokyo National Museum.
August 2007:

A beautiful Asiatic lily growing at Shirakawa-go.

Rice ripening in a field near my apartment.
December 2007

The beautiful Okayama Castle.

An island sanctuary near Tojinbo, a section of cliffs in Fukui Prefecture, on a beautiful and strangely warm December day. Click for the whole picture.
January 2009

A view of the beautiful Ikutsukushima Shrine, dedicated to the sea. You can take a boat ride through the shrine gate at high tide!










1 Comment
March 28, 2009 at 4:38 am
Wow I must say the sceneary looks fantastic in Japan.